Bohemian Rhapsody
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As has this movie. My 14 year old has been listening to Queen since watching the movie. I am not opposed to this either as she usually listens to Ariana Grande or somebody named Cardi B or some other crap.
They were huge in the rest of the world. Heck they pulled in 250,000 paid attendance in Rio Brazil. I was a huge Queen fan and the US was always a step behind in Queen worship. It peaked here in the US with "The Game" where they arguably were the worlds top band.
They were never the darling of the music critic chattering class. And as with most mythical figures...getting assassinated or dying from AIDS as with Freddie....you move up a rung or two. In Fred's case however his status is deserved. He would clearly be on a music industry Mt. Rushmore.
I actually have it on a VHS tape where I taped LiveAID that day back in 1985. I don't have a VCR so it doesnt do much good.
Seriously? Mustapha? GREAT song. It was lyrical mumbo jumbo just like the operatic portion of BoRhap. He was parsi and Zoroastrian not muslim. Sheesh.
Also The Game was their most successful in the US as far as #1 US hits as far as I recall.
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Interesting that you mentioned U2. Actually the worlds music industry disagrees with you. This was the day that the entire world watched....and Queen stole the show.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life...ersary-career-changing-performances/29914869/
Yep! You are correct. That was the point where The Game was tearing up the airwaves.
Freddie went to his death bead denying that he was gay. It wasn't until video of him from Innuendo was released that everyone knew he was very ill. There had always been rumors in a brutal Brit press but Fred would always point back to Mary Austin...who was the Love of his life. She inherited much of his estate and actually spread his ashes....somewhere that she has never disclosed. Freddie was flamboyant but I never thought of him as overtly gay. You gotta understand that there was not 24-7 coverage and the internet to doxx people.
Unlike most/all here......I saw them 3 times live in concert....while Freddie was alive. We always gave them a standing O as Fred walked around the stage with the Union Jack draped on his shoulders...to God Save the Queen.
I think it's fair to say WW repopularized them in the US. They got big in the 80s in the US with another one bites the dust, then faded out a couple years later and didnt even return and no one really cared. Its also fair to say they were biggest band on earth, but I dont think it's a stretch to say a younger generation had forgotten about them domestically and not having the largest music consumer market on earth is hurtful as opposed to saying "it's just one country" like kopi did.
A simple google search pretty much explains the same.
That is because Hot Space was not well received. They Freddie tried to do club scene music....and that was not the Queen fanbase.
Also Feddie and Roger did their own projects.. I liked Roger's better than Mr. Badguy. Plus they did a concert in South Africa that did not go over well in the press. They had a rough patch. No doubt.
Totally agree about that scene being huge for introducing Queen to a new audience. They can also thank Jock Jams for making "We Will Rock You" big for a new generation.
We used to stomp and clap We Will Rock You during elementary school volleyball games I’m guessing to intimidate our opponents. When you have 4th graders at GC Burkhead in E’town, KY singing your songs before games I’d have to say you were a pretty successful and well-known rock band.
My wife and I went and saw it opening night. I thought it was a pretty good movie for what it was. Of course the music was the best part. When it was over everyone started clapping, except me. I stood there and looked around at them wondering why someone would clap at a movie screen. Probably has more to do with a herd mentality than a measured response.
My mom was a longtime librarian there.
@ymmot31 And I agree that clapping for a movie screen is weird but I guarantee you clap, hoot and holler at your tv at home during Kentucky games.
As did rock music in general due to MTV. No talent but looks and ability to dance. That and Queen didn't tour after 86.
GC Burkhead! Lincoln Trail Elementary alum here......
Ha! We did the same in Little League baseball. This was around 1988, and it was a big rotation song for the dugout along with Rag Doll from Aerosmith and a few others I can't remember. The difference is, however, we definitely knew Rag Doll was from Aerosmith, but we didn't know that Queen sang We Will Rock You.
I'm not willing to debate their popularity or level of influence, but the main things I remember about Queen were that Freddy Mercury had one of the greatest voices of the generation and guitar players loved Brian May. I remember a couple of friends just being blown away that May actually made every single component of his guitar.
''The Game" LP was the recess go-to music of choice at Lansdowne Elementary in 4th grade circa 1980-81.
The grade school football team montage as a kid was always
Eye of the Tiger
We Will Rock You
and We are the Champions if we win the toy bowl
Eye of the Tiger
We Will Rock You
and We are the Champions if we win the toy bowl
Doug fieger was horrible. No talent. There is no comparison and to say so shows you know nothing
Yep. Freddie was diagnosed with AIDS in early 1987. Freddie Mercury was everything.
Would rather go see Phantom of the Opera or Les Mis than Queen, and I love rock music, just never really got it with Queen, yes Mercury was a great singer, but no better than about 1000 leading men and women on Broadway, and they pretty much are in the same genre, IMO
How many of those 1000 leading men wrote, produced and played an instrument in their own Broadway play? How many did that in front of tens and hundreds of thousands of people? I think you undervalue Freddie who would have been the best on broadway had he chosen to do so.
Really wanting @ymmot31 to tell me if he claps or says anything during UK games just out of curiosity . Can’t imagine watching a UK game with someone in complete silence.
I get it - you're a huge Queen fan. I'm not and have never been one. I said 'many people would disagree with me' re: U2 vs. Queen at Live Aid. However, I happened, at the time, to LOVE U2's music and they put on a great performance, also. IIRC, I was bored watching Queen. Their music just didn't do it for me. Mercury's frontman schtick looked like a rehearsed performance where he needed to get to this spot and hit this pose then move to the next spot and make this grimace while hitting the next pose. Seemed totally preplanned to m. Again, to each his own. The world's music industry has produced a list a mile long of artists who weren't worth squat (imo) and who didn't last. The world's music industry originally panned Exile on Main Street and many other albums that will be played for the next 50 years. So, no, I don't put a lot of faith in the world's music industry (have you listened to the radio lately?). FM and BM were talented, I just didn't like what they created.
A Bono fan who questions Freddie's on stage presence?!?!? Look U2 is one of the worlds great bands. They generally are the band that gets runner-up status on that day. But it looks really silly to question Freddie's "schtick." Billboard Mag ranked FM as the #2 all time. Bono was a respectable 19th.
I believe you can google it but you'll find FM at the top or near the top of every single list of leading front men..not just singers.
As for the current music industry...train wreck. The only way to monetize what you do is to tour constantly. Why produce an "album?"
Regarding U2's performance at Live Aid, the other members of the band were pretty pissed at Bono for going out into the crowd. It turned Bad into a 13 minute song, and they ran out of time before playing Pride (In the Name of Love). They left thinking they had blown the performance.
As for Bohemian Rhapsody, I really enjoyed the movie, even though I've never cared for the song. When I saw the movie was rated PG-13, I told my wife there is no way they are telling the whole story. Doesn't matter, I still enjoyed it.
As for Bohemian Rhapsody, I really enjoyed the movie, even though I've never cared for the song. When I saw the movie was rated PG-13, I told my wife there is no way they are telling the whole story. Doesn't matter, I still enjoyed it.
